Neil Bartlett (Skin Lane, Mr Clive and Mr Page) and
Jonathan Kemp (London Triptych)
discuss writing gay historical
fiction and why it is important to imagine hidden histories,
and read from their current
work-in-progress.
Friday 8th February
6.30pm
Camberwell Library, SE5
Refreshments and nibbles available
Neil Bartlett ('Skin Lane', 'Mr Clive and Mr Page') is a writer, theatre director, and performer. His work has been performed by the Royal
Shakespeare Company, and at the National Theatre and the Royal Court amongst many others. He was Artistic Director of the Hammersmith
Lyric for 10 years, and was awarded the OBE for his achievements there. Bartlett ’s
3rd novel ‘Skin Lane ’,
the story of a man’s sexual innocence and repression set against the background
of the 1967 Wolfenden Report and the legalizing of gay sex, was nominated for
the Costa Book Award in 2007.
Jonathan Kemp is a writer and teaches creative writing and comparative literature at
Birkbeck, University
of London . His first novel, ‘London Triptych’, tells the stories of three gay men
living in London
during three different periods spanning the late nineteenth century through to
the early twenty-first century, drawing comparisons and links between the
experiences of each. It was the winner of the Authors' Club Best First Novel Award,
and shortlisted for the Green Carnation Prize and the Polari First Book Prize in 2010.